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Poland: more than 200 false bomb threats in schools on the day of the start of the school year

2021-09-01T17:15:56.926Z


Firefighters intervened more than 200 times in Polish schools on Wednesday September 1, the first day of the school year, for false bomb threats ...


Firefighters intervened more than 200 times in Polish schools on Wednesday September 1, the first day of the school year, for false bomb threats "

not very credible

", their spokesperson told AFP.

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"

It happens a few times a year that we receive a bomb threat, but today we intervened 225 times,

" Karol Kierzkowski told AFP a spokesperson for the fire department. "

Each time we have assisted the police who, sometimes, evacuated the school while they searched the building

." “

It created more trouble than real danger. The false alarms were not very credible and were never confirmed,

”he added.

"

With September 1 and the start of the school year, the annual scourge of false bomb threats is back in our educational establishments

," the mayor of the district of Wola in the Polish capital said in a statement.

"

It is particularly difficult for the youngest students who are starting their schooling and it is very, very stressful for them,

" added Krzysztof Strzalkowski.

These kinds of alerts happen when there is an important day in schools.

The last time was in May, June

”, when the students returned to classes after confinement, said the spokesperson for the firefighters.

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All bomb threats are checked by the police, who are looking for the perpetrator.

A false alarm is punishable in Poland with a prison sentence of up to eight years.

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